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At the upcoming Oracle OpenWorld San Francisco conference, Sept. 17 - 22, 2005 at Moscone Center, customers will gain access to a wide range of new programming that includes Oracle OpenWorld X-Treme and JD Edwards World sessions, Oracle announced today. Attendees will also be able to customize their conference agendas according to particular business needs and knowledge areas. Oracle OpenWorld X-Treme Oracle OpenWorld X-Treme is an exclusive pre-conference event that will be held Sept. 17-18, prior to the main Oracle OpenWorld conference. Led by Oracle applications and technology experts, Oracle OpenWorld X-Treme is designed to provide content not typically available during the week, including highly technical sessions, best practices and hands-on learning workshops about applications, business intelligence, data warehousing, enterprise manager, grid computing and middleware. The program is available to both full-conference and non-conference attendees. More registration and program information is available at: its Web site. JD Edwards World The JD Edwards World program, a two-day program held in conjunction with the weeklong Oracle OpenWorld event, is designed exclusively for Oracle's JD Edwards World users. Customers will be able to find out how Oracle plans to protect their technology investment. Program highlights include a keynote address by JD Edwards World Vice President and General Manager John Schiff; 28 breakout sessions; roundtable discussions with product and support experts; and an Oracle executive question and answer session. This program is available as part of the Oracle OpenWorld package or as a standalone event. More registration and program information is available at: its Web site.